These are songs that contain the word “Guitar” in their lyrics.
“Dear Mr. Fantasy” is a 1967 song by Traffic, written by Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, and Chris Wood, and it became one of the defining songs of the band’s psychedelic-rock period. It first appeared on Traffic’s debut album Mr. Fantasy in the United Kingdom, where it closes the original album’s first side, and on the American Heaven Is in Your Mind configuration.
This “Stand Out Single” was the debut single for The Archies.
“Bang-Shang-A-Lang” was The Archies’ debut single, released in 1968 on Calendar Records and produced by Jeff Barry, who also wrote the song. The Archies were a fictional band based on the characters from Archie Comics, but the records were made by professional studio musicians, with Ron Dante supplying the lead vocals. “Bang-Shang-A-Lang” was an exuberant example of the bubblegum-pop style that
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite cartoon theme songs. See if you agree with any of these!
“Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” is the theme song to the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name, which debuted on CBS in 1969 and was created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, with music by David Mook and lyrics by Ben Raleigh; it has become one of the most recognizable cartoon themes of all time,
My first SOS Award goes to Sugar, Sugar by the Archies!
The SOS awards (Stand Out Singles) will go to some of my favorite singles. The rules are that the single was released in the United States, and is a 7″, 45 RPM record. While it will be a bonus if the single charted well, or has a great B-side, that will not affect the awarding.
It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today, An itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini, So in the locker, she wanted to stay
“Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini” dominated AM radio in 196o, making Brian Hyland a teen idol in the process. The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a hit around the world. It was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss and first released in June 1960, inspired by Vance’s daughter, who was too shy to wear a bikini in public.
I saw her from the corner of my eye, eye, eye
Yes she looked so good I thought I’d die
Another of my favorites is the debut, self titled album, for The Archies. It was the first album that I purchased on its release day. In 1968, I got Mother to drive me to the Kmart in Sandy Springs where I picked it off the record sections new release end cap. I played it over and over, hundreds of times before I dropped it and lost the first two songs on each side!
